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 PRINCIPAL TOWNS

725

This classification is founded upon the declarations of intending emigrants made before the syndics (or mayors) of communes on application for passports, and the figures difi'er considerably from those given in the statistics of the various countries mentioned. The ditt'erence is explained chiefiy by the fact that, in many cases, emigration to other European States, intended to be temporary, becomes permanent, the emigrants embarking for America from their temporary home. According to the statistics of the respective countries, the Italian immigrants into the United States in 1897, 59,431 ; Argentina and Uruguay, 48,329.

To the emigration in 1897 the different parts of Italy contributed as follows: — Piemonte, 18,576 (11,938 temporary); Liguria, 3,931 (292 tem- porary); Lombardia, 24,706 (11,118 temporary) ; Veneto, 110,896 (84,860 temporary) ; Emilia, 17,317 (6,042 temporary) ; Toscana^ 16,640 (6,072 tem-

Eorary) ; Marche, 4,803 (133 temporary); Umbria, 1,734 (199 temporary) ; lazio, 6,832 (34 temporary) ; Abruzzi e Slolise, 12,591 (3,135 temporary); Cam- pania, 32,604 (6,749 temporary) ; Puglie, 3,270 (710 temporary) ; I3a.silicata, 8,529 ; Calabrie, 15,557 ; Sicilia, 19,109 (3,115 temporary) ; Sardinia, 2,760 (29 temporary) ; total, 299,855 (134,426 temporary).

The number of Italians abroad in 1891 Avas oflBcially estimated at about 2 000,000.

III. Principal Towns.

The communal population of the capitals of provinces was as follows on December 31, 1897 :—

Towns

Popula- tion

! Towns

Popula-

tion

1

Towns

Popula- tion

Naples.

536,073

Reggio neir

Lecce

32,271

Rome

487,066

Emilia

59,117

Ascoli Piceno.

30,755

Milan

470,558

Ancona.

58,088

Siena

30,468

Turin.

351,855

Parma.

53,421

]\Iantova

29,743

Palermo

287,972

Trapani.

49,992

Cuneo.

28,853

Genoa.

228,862

Foggia. Forli.

47,173

' Avellino

27,805

Florence

209,540

47,092

Pesaro.

26,485

Venice.

155,899

Reggio di Cal.

46,399

Massa.

2.'), 804

Bologna.

153,206

Bergamo

45,929

Benevento

2.^800

Messina.

152,648

Arezzo.

45,289

Siracusa.

25,740

Catania.

129,651

Novara.

45,189

Girgenti

24,851

Leghorn

104,536

Cagliari.

44,624

Macerata

24,770

Ferrara.

89,310

Vicenza.

42,020

Cliieti.

23,112

Padua.

82,210

Sassari.

40,847

Teramo.

21,278

Lucca.

80,559

Pavia

39,058

Aquila degli

•Bari

80,450

Cremona

37,632

Abruzzi

21,202

Alessandria.

77,046

Caltanissetta.

37,467

Coscnza.

20,860

Verona.

72,860

Udine.

37,315

' Potenza.

19,418

Brescia.

67,923

Salerno.

37,310

Belluno.

18,348

Ravenna

67,760

Treviso.

36,120 ,

Campobasso.

15,000

Modena.

(57,658

Catanzaro

35,379 '

Rovigo.

11,800

Pisa

65,516

Piacenza

35,233

Grosseto

9,521

Perugia.

59,762

Caserta.

34,645 '

Sondrio.

9,166

Como

34,177 1

Porto Maurizio

7,557